DC’s big 52 – 52 and lots of … SpongeBob?

Slightly more sincere than a Don Imus apology (which one?), ComicMix PodCast #25 asks the question "Why didn’t you see Grindhouse?", covers the cool new comics and DVDs waiting to meet your credit card and runs back to the day when the CB was the ultimate "IM." DC 52 #52 goes 48, SpongeBob gets two different items, very varied variants, and… why weekly Wonder Woman?

All this and more in our silver anniversary edition of ComicMix PodCast, and you can hear it… right here:

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sooner or later sooner or later well you know it wouldn't take long for us to get back here especially after the sugar rush we've been riding on all weekend long hi it's Mike Raub with another week of podcast joy back with things to get to quicker than a don ima's apology including what's coming out in the stores this week a lot of news we'll find out why Matt Raub was the only guy in the theater when he saw grindhouse

and a trip back in time to win cbs were the ultimate iams all that and more on april 10 2007 ComicMix news believe it or not we're almost to the end of 52 it ends coming up on the second of may which is synchronously of its finest

you see is announced that last issue is going to run 48 pages with a 40 page story and there'll be no extra cost on that issue as everything wraps up and we dovetail right into counting and i wonder what the deal is between mr. crabs and plankton where you're going to find out when the special spongebob marathon airs on friday next week the 13th on nikolodeon it begins at 5 runs to 10 in the evening eastern time the five hour marathon features an interactive live action contest and the premiere of a new episode called friend or foe that'll finally let us know what happened between those two guys

well the hollywood reporter says the metal men have been optioned for a movie and some of the people involved with it may be lauren schuler donger who certainly has been known to do her little bit for the superhero cause Geoff Johns is saying that he's going to be helping to develop the property for film and will get an executive producer nod on the movie coming up in may on the 13th which is a sunday the cartoon networks adult swim showcase is going to premiere the long awaited pilot of the drinky crow show now we gotta tell ya even though some of the things that adult swim are wacky and certainly adult oriented hence the name adult swim

this one goes way over the top based on tony millionaires long running comic strip you gotta check this out mark it down for the drinky crow show coming sunday may 13th on the cartoon network myspace has announced that they're going to be doing their black curtain screening of spider-man 3 a week before it opens for the rest of us that will be on april the 30th they've not chosen a city though for the screening and they're inviting people to vote online some of the facilities included in the running cleveland, cincinnati, hodalulu, indianapolis, kansas city and louisville and it'll come just like they did for 300 with lots of special deals and special giveaways at the screening for more information check out myspace

e-entertainment television has a new late night show coming up featuring comedian and author chelsea hamblor is the host she'll be premiering in july in a 60 minute every week night show that'll give her a chance to comment on pop culture and current news stories and she'll have guests, viewer call ins and comedy segments too george lucas says that indiana jones number 4 is on schedule to begin filming this june he also said that harrison ford will be playing indy as his real age which is 64

which means quoting lucas he'll be a little bit more suspenseful than speedy turner classic movies is looking to bring mom, dad, kids, grandma, grandpa, everybody together for one night a week for their fun day night at the movies it'll be airing on sundays from june to august at 8 pm the idea is to bring in classic movies that adults enjoyed when they were kids and would like to share with their own family and it'll be hosted by tom kenney the voice of sponge bob

some of the films you'll see include ebon casello meet frankenstein, mr smith goes to washington, pride of the yankees, shane, singing in the rain, and wizard of oz ComicMix.com it was called the grindhouse theaters that played back to back movies featuring uncensored sexuality and hardcore thrills well it didn't exactly set the box office on fire so i gotta ask why didn't you go see grindhouse

i like to think it's because you're waiting to see what Matt Raub had to say so now you have no excuse here's matt so i got to see grindhouse about a week ago and i just can't sit on my hat anymore i've gotta talk about it and i'll tell you if you want a roller coaster of emotion go to see the first half of this flick i'll get into more about that in a little bit

and because this film is such a big deal and split actually into two mini movies i had to review them both separately so let's start the film actually starts off with robert rodriguez's planet terror about an evil general played by bruce willis who unleashes a toxic gas into the air of a texas town it's then up to a relatively motley crew of people to escape and find a cure

in this group we get rose mcgowan, freddie rodriguez, and marley shellton with many more all of which i absolutely loved equally now the film was exactly what i wanted it to be including grainy footage, missing frames, and lots of gore i give this picture a huge 9 out of 10 with a big grinning face right behind it nothing in this picture made me doubt rodriguez's skills in any way

buckle up because a new kind of terror is coming with that in mind it is now my displeasure to review the second half of the grindhouse quintent tarantino's death proof would be that now this film was all wrong from the get go for some reason since he made the kill bill films tarantino has been all about women empowerment

now i'm not saying that there's anything wrong with this but when you market a movie as kurt russell being an evil slasher killer and then have a scene where he's literally crying for his life to a group of girls who decide to take revenge you really have to question what tarantino's thinking i was so disappointed in this film i wanted to be scared by russell's performance of stuntman mike

and tremble at the sight of his death proof car but instead i found myself getting angry and just sad because tarantino loves women so much and just laughs in the face of his male audience i sadly give death proof a 2 out of 10 with a look of discontent better luck next time quinton

overall if you love the concept of a grindhouse movie you will die for planet terror unfortunately death proof is a different story and don't forget to check out my full review over at the site just keep searching around and if you do get a chance to see the flick let me know what you think comments are fully functional on the site as of right now

until next time you keep reading and i'll keep bitching i'm matt ross comment mix dot com what's coming out this is this week alright let's move down the rack nice and slow this week

a lot of good stuff waiting for us including from dark horse star wars knights of the old republic number 15 and konan and the midnight god number 3 from dc a couple of different chances to jump on the sandman mystery theater series first of all you can get the earlier issues the doctor death story arc is available now in one volume

volume 5 trade paper back there and the sandman mystery theater sleep of reason miniseries is winding down with issue 5 this week 52 week number 49 is out talking about winding down and where has this been all-star superman number 7 finally and all-star superman the first few issues available in a hardcover volume this week

fables number 60 friday the 13th number 5 which by the way did you know that was written by our buddy jimmy pomoyati and i want to check that out if you like jimmy's work and i'm sure you do jim 13 number 7 this week green arrow number 73 green lantern core number 11 jla classified 37 and the justice league of america third printing of number 1 is out check with your retailer on that one

tales of the unexpected number 7 next to the last issue there teen titans number 45 trials of shazam at number 6 and yes that weekly comic wonder woman back again wonder woman number 7 as they're playing ketchup with that series at dc from dynamite entertainment Battlestar Galactica silon apocalypse number 2 is out and Battlestar Galactica zerik number 4 as well as highlander number 6

after the cape a book that has had a lot of talk on the internet and still some controversy about it second issue of that out this week from image bomb queen 3 number 2 is out and a book that we talked about a lot but you gotta check it out if you can but hurry because the last one disappeared really fast dynamo 5 number 2 again from image this week at marvel this week it's all about the variants grab your pencil because there's a lot of stuff you're gonna want to talk to your retailer about

now most of these are second printings of issues that have sold out but they all do have new variant covers on them starting with sensational spider-man number 35, spider-man family number 1 that red hot back and black book iron man number 15 that shield story people are talking about and friendly neighborhood spider-man number 17 also this week thunderbolts number 113 comes out in the regular stack but there's also a variant of that as well that you may want to talk to your retailer about

also from marvel this week amazing spider-girl number 7, blade number 8, ghost rider number 10, legion of monsters man thing number 1 and loners also the first issue of that this week new avengers number 29 which is a civil war initiative title new x-men number 37, new universal number 5 talk about a throwback back to the 70s nova number 1 this week

punisher war journal number 6 2 and shehulk 2 number 17 a lot of spider-man titles including the spider-man back and black handbook and spider-man fantastic 4 number 1 which is the first of a 4 issue miniseries and spider-man loves mary jane number 17 uncanny x-men number 485, white tiger number 5 next to the last issue of that and rounding it out wolverine origins number 13 you get off easy on the dvds this week but there's a couple of things you probably don't want to miss including the dvd release of that bobby movie

a lot of people didn't even chance to see that when it was in the theaters but those that did had great things to say about it and the special edition of a classic movie even for people that don't like baseball post game show is brought to you by christ i can't find it the hell with it special edition of major league of this week direct to dvd a movie called succubus hellbed which makes me think that there was probably others in this series

this one stars gary bucy so that should be just frightening in its own right also this week catch seasons 3 of the batman and the teen titans animated series ComicMix dot com ComicMix timeline april 10th 1977 what a great week for comics this week shade number one shade the changing man by steve didko drawn and written by him dc special number 28 had a bunch of reprints put together for earth shattering disasters and metalman number 52 looked real nice by joe staton

over at marvel speaking of great artwork we got 2001 of space odyssey number 5 from the incredible king kirby and if you're lucky enough to have a connection across the pond we got to see some of the very earliest stories of judge dread in 2000 ad in news the us coast guard sees the russian fishing boat who wandered inside the new fishing boundaries us steel workers begrudgingly approved a new three-year contract and the whole country was caught up in a cb craze now how many times i didn't expect you already lon?

maybe once when i was real down to some but i don't think so at the movies lily thomas and arc carney were in the late show black sunday was a little less real then as it is now and airport 77. a lot of lighter stuff on tv tonight, hardy boys, wonderful world of disney, phyllis and this lady my name is ronah morvenster i was born in the bronx, new york in december 1941 i'm always felt responsible for world war two

the first thing i remember liking that liked me back was food i had a bad puberty, it lasted 17 years i'm a high school graduate, i went to art school, my entrance exam was on a book of magic i decided to move out of the house when i was 24, my mother still refers to this at the time i ran away from home eventually i ran to minneapolis, where it's cold and i figured i'd keep better

now i'm back in manhattan, new york, this is your last chance hello this is carlton you're dorman you know there's no question the late 70s early 80s were filled with all sorts of sappy love songs on the radio i gotta tell you of all of them this one was probably more real than any from a band that had an incredible range it's the atlanta rhythm section

i am so into you i can't think of nothin else i am so into you i can't think of nothin else thinkin how it's gonna be

whenever i get you next to me ComicMix as we say in the radio business we are out of here, back in two days of course with more on free comic book day which is coming hard and fast and a real serious look at a prime time premiere of a comic book heroine coming up later this week

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